Royals Acquire Brandon Maurer, Trevor Cahill, and Ryan Buchter

[Fountain City Blues]

The Royals will send Travis Wood, Matt Strahm and Esteury Ruiz.

Seems like a really solid move to me for what the Royals gave up.

 

[redseat]

Royals WS or bust?

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Royals WS or bust?

Has always been the case barring some major surprises from the Royals farm system.

 

[redseat]

Has always been the case barring some major surprises from the Royals farm system.

Is this there year?

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Is this there year?

Very likely not. It's kind of like trying to reach New York when the Titanic has already split in two. But that's just me being a negative nelly I guess.

 

[redseat]

Very likely not. It's kind of like trying to reach New York when the Titanic has already split in two. But that's just me being a negative nelly I guess.

haha

 

[richig07]

The Royals will send Travis Wood, Matt Strahm and Esteury Ruiz.

Seems like a really solid move to me for what the Royals gave up.

Cahill is definitely a solid upgrade in the rotation.

 

[navamind]

Cahill's interesting. He's finally striking guys out as a SP (10.6 K/9. in fact) to compliment the ground balls.

 

[tducey]

Cahill's a good pickup for the Royals. Not sure they're a World Series team now though.

 

[navamind]

Cahill's a good pickup for the Royals. Not sure they're a World Series team now though.

FWIW, here's some projections for the rest of the season:

Depth Charts » Projected Standings | FanGraphs Baseball

BP Depth Charts

I have no idea if BP's projections account for the Cahill trade, but both projections would have them finishing around .500.